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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Once Upon a Dance

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  A group of Year 2 children and our Arts Ambassadors performed in the show 'Once Upon a Dance', held at St Paul's CEVC Junior School.  The show included performances from a range of schools and organisations, bringing together different generations and experiences to create a wonderful production for families and friends to enjoy.  Professional artists and choreographers worked with the groups to create art work, puppets and dances for the performance.  The Year 2 children from Bowlish performed their 'Monster Mash' dance with lovely confidence and joy.  They also created and performed a shadow puppet section to say thank you and goodbye to Mrs Gilbert who is leaving the school at the end of term.  Well done to all of the children and adults involved and thank you to Louise Lappin-Cook for the wonderful experiences provided to the children through 'Make the Sunshine'.  

  

• World Book Day

  Fri 03 Mar 2023

  We celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as storybook characters or dressing up to illustrate a word!  The children enjoyed their parade on the playground!

  

• Animal Workshop

  Tue 28 Feb 2023

  The animal workshop involved the children in seeing and learning about a range of animals that live in hot climates.  The children were able to touch or hold some of the animals and they all enjoyed being in close contact to animals that they wouldn’t usually get to see.  This workshop supported the children’s science learning about different animal groups.  We are fortunate that a donation received from the Glastonbury Festival was used to fund this experience for the children.

  

• African Dance Workshop

  Mon 27 Feb 2023

  Today the children took part in an African dancing workshop.  They enjoyed learning a range of dance moves as well as information about the music used.  The children were able to wear traditional African dress within the workshop, moving their bodies to become animals found in some parts of Africa.  We were fortunate that this workshop was funded by the PE and Sports premium and supported the children’s learning in dance and their current topic about animals in a hot climate.

  

• NSPCC Number Day

  Mon 06 Feb 2023

  On 'Number Day' the children came to school dressed with their favourite number.  they took part in lots of number activities such as working with money in shops and decorating biscuits with their favourite number!  In the afternoon the Year 2 children opened a shop to sell treats and the children had to add up how much they were spending and make the right payment.  Other money donated on the days was given to the NSPCC to support their work with children.  

  

• Safety Week

  Fri 06 Jan 2023

  As part of our Safeguarding Curriculum the children have been learning about a range of safety topics this week.  Year 2 children received a visit from a Fire Fighter to explain the importance of staying away from fire, knowing escape routes in their house and adults installing and checking smoke alarms in the house.  They were lucky to be able to view the fire vehicle which they enjoyed very much!  All children learnt about the importance of following safety rules for crossing the road and that they must always cross roads with an adult until they are older.  Many children enjoyed practical activities on the playground to learn road safety rules.  Other activities included the NSPCC 'Stay safe, Speak out' assembly and working in House Teams to reflect on their learning and produce safety posters for the school.  

  

• Christmas Party Day

  Fri 16 Dec 2022

  Today the children had a visit from Father Christmas and they all enjoyed spending time with him, telling him what is on their Christmas list and singing festive songs to him!  Later in the day the children had their Christmas party food in the hall together and party games back in their classes.  It was a wonderful end to a busy, festive term!

  

• Christmas Lunch

  Wed 14 Dec 2022

  Today the children have been able to enjoy a delicious Christmas Lunch.  They started with pulling crackers in their classes and then celebrated their Christmas lunch together in the school hall.  Thank you to our catering team at The Mendip School for a delicious meal enjoyed by all!

  

• Holly Hop

  Fri 09 Dec 2022

  The children have been hopping along to festive music in their annual 'Holly Hop' to raise funds for FOBS.  The children enjoyed wearing Christmas jumpers for the activity and we look forward to seeing how much money has been raised through sponsorship.  Well done and thank you to everyone involved. 

  

• 'A King is Born'

  Thu 08 Dec 2022

  The children have worked hard to learn songs, lines and music for their Christmas production 'A King is Born'.  It was wonderful for them to perform again with an audience and everyone felt in the Christmas spirit afterwards.  Well done to all of the children for taking part and performing so well!